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Avoid costly C# reflection anti-patterns -- learn 8 common mistakes developers make with reflection and the .NET 10 alternatives that perform better. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/19/c-reflection-antipatterns-8-mistakes-that-will-hurt-your-app
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Gordon understands your environment, proposes fixes, and takes action across your entire Docker workflow. Now generally available. Image 1: Gordon in Docker Desktop Why Gordon Exists Developers are more productive than ever. AI coding assistants are writing code, merging PRs and cutting review cycles. But the moment …
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One endpoint. Smarter spend. Model router in Foundry Models picks the optimal LLM for every prompt in real time based on signals like complexity, reasoning, and task type. Now with access to 28 frontier models, the model router makes model selection easier for developers and reduces manual overhead. This article walks …
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An MSIX package identity is composed of a five-part tuple that uniquely identifies a package. It consists of the following attributes: Name Version Architecture Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/package-identity
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Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) has long been one of the most powerful tools in the MSVC compiler's arsenal for improving the runtime performance of C and C++ applications. By using execution profile data collected from representative workloads, PGO enables the compiler to make smarter decisions about inlining, code …
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In this post, you’ll learn how to use Amazon Nova Sonic, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and Strands BidiAgent to build scalable, maintainable voice agents that handle these challenges efficiently, resulting in more responsive and intelligent customer interactions. We’ll explore three popular architectural patterns for voice …
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In this post, we demonstrate how you can extend the conversational memory of Kiro CLI by implementing a custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory. You can use Kiro CLI to interact with AI agents of Kiro directly from your terminal. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory is …
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Today, we’re announcing three new capabilities available in SageMaker Python SDK v3.8.0. In this post, we walk through each capability with code examples you can use to get started. For complete end-to-end walkthroughs, see the accompanying notebooks for Lake Formation governance and Iceberg table properties in the …
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In this post, we show three ways to implement Programmatic tool calling (PTC) on Amazon Bedrock: a self-hosted Docker sandbox on ECS for maximum control, a managed solution using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter, and an Anthropic SDK-compatible path through a proxy for teams that prefer that developer …
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"A bad system will beat a good person [or agent] every time" ~Dr. William Edwards Deming (with apologies) I started vibe coding by writing prompts (often dictated into my phone), refining them with an agent in M365 Copilot, and creating handoff files to use with GitHub Copil Link to article: …
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Master proxy pattern best practices in C# including interface compliance, thread safety, DI integration, testability, and avoiding common anti-patterns. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/19/proxy-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability
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Online programming education still has a major gap: students learn concepts through videos and browser-based exercises, but rarely get to code in the professional tools they’ll use in development jobs. As AI changes how people learn programming and write code, practical developer skills are becoming even more …
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OpenAI advances AI content provenance with Content Credentials, SynthID, and a verification tool to help people identify and trust AI-generated media. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/advancing-content-provenance
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In this post I discuss the support for union types released in .NET 11, how they're implemented, the choices made, and how to create your own Link to article: https://andrewlock.net/exploring-the-dotnet-11-preview-2-dotnet-gets-union-types/
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This is a guest post from Naa Ashiorkor, a data scientist and tech community builder. Artificial intelligence keeps evolving at a rapid pace. The latest major application of AI, specifically of LLMs, is AI agents. These are systems that use their perception of their environment, processes, and input to take action to …
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A career at a Big 4 firm is often seen as the ideal launchpad for finance professionals. The learning curve is steep, the standards are high, and the exposure is intense. You work with smart people on complex problems under real pressure. You learn fast – often faster than you expect. But after a few […] Link to …
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Native C++ projects in Visual Studio now support , the modern, MSBuild-native way to declare NuGet package dependencies directly in your project file. This support is available experimentally for .vcxproj projects in the Visual Studio Insiders Channel starting with version 18.7. This feature Link to article: …
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Master C# reflection in .NET 10 -- learn Type, PropertyInfo, MethodInfo, performance caching with FrozenDictionary, and when to avoid reflection entirely. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/18/c-reflection-the-complete-net-10-guide
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In this post, you learn how to prompt Amazon Nova 2 Lite for content moderation using structured and free-form approaches, grounded in the MLCommons AILuminate Assessment Standard. The prompting techniques use the AILuminate taxonomy as an example, but they work equally well with your own custom moderation policy. You …
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